Bolster
noun
- 1.
- (a long, narrow pillow that tends as a support) ខ្នើយអោប, សន្លឹកក្ដារបាតធុង, ដងជញ្ជីង, គ្រោងពុម្ព, គំរូមាត្រា, តារាងឈ្មោះអ្នកជាប់ពន្ធ, កូនខ្នើយ
verb — past tense: bolstered ; past participle: bolstered ; present participle: bolstering ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To prop. to bolster up to support a weak person) ដាក់ទុលឬទ្រពីក្រោម, គាំទ្រ, ឧបត្ថម្ភ, រាប់រង
Example: The bolster our courage.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
- 2.
- A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
- 3.
- A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.
- 4.
- A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
- 5.
- Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
- 6.
- A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
- 7.
- A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.
- 8.
- Anything used to prevent chafing.
- 9.
- A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.
- 10.
- A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
- 11.
- The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
- 12.
- The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
- 13.
- That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.
- 14.
- The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
verb — past tense: bolstered ; past participle: bolstered ; present participle: bolstering ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To support with a bolster or pillow.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.